minus-squaredeadcade@lemmy.deadca.detoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•[SOLVED] Will Linux Phones ever become commercially viable and decrease to a price point of 200-400 USD?linkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago“Android” phones can sometimes have “close to mainline” Linux distributions flashed onto them. You can get some of those, used, for less than 100$. A custom Android rom would provide you with a decent chunk of the freedom you want in a mobile device. A phone specifically built for Linux, with as much as possible FLOSS firmware, will cost a lot more. The cheapest is probably the PinePhone. linkfedilink
“Android” phones can sometimes have “close to mainline” Linux distributions flashed onto them. You can get some of those, used, for less than 100$.
A custom Android rom would provide you with a decent chunk of the freedom you want in a mobile device.
A phone specifically built for Linux, with as much as possible FLOSS firmware, will cost a lot more. The cheapest is probably the PinePhone.